2019~2020學(xué)年廣東廣州海珠區(qū)初二上學(xué)期期末英語試卷一、語法選擇（共151分，共15） AgroupofBritisstudentsfromWoodparkSchoolinLondonarevisitinXinhuaHighSchoolinBeijingonaneducationalexchange.Thestudentsspendtheweekdays 1 withChinesestudents.Attheweekend,touraroundBeijingandvisitplacesofinterest 2 theirhostfamilies."It'sbeenafantasticexperiences3 ,"saysEric."I'velearntabitoft'aichi,andIreallyenjoyit.We lotaboutChinesecultureandhistoryalready.TheteachershaveintroducedustoChinesepaintingaswell.We'vealsotriedto

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thatuglytree.Theirlaughtermadehimfeel,heneverraisedavoiceagainstthem.Theuglytreethought,"IwishIwereas4 astheothertrees.WhydidGoddothistome?Ican'tprovideshadetothetravellers.Andthebirdsmaketheirnestsonme,either. 5 needsme."Onedayawoodcuttercametothetookalookatthetreesandsaid,"Thesetreesarelovely.Ishould 6 them."Assoonashepickeduphisaxe,thetreesfrightened."Chop,Chop,Chop"wentthewoodcutter'saxeandonebyonethetreesstartedtofall."Noneof 7 isgoingtobealive,"criedoneofthebeautifultrees.Soonthattreetoobroughttogroundbythewoodcutter'saxe.Bynow,thewoodcutterhadcomeneartotheuglytree.Hehadjustraisedhisaxewhensuddenlyhe 8 theuglytree."Hmm!Howuselessthisuglytreeseemstobeforme!Icannotmakelongstraightlogsofthisuglytree,"hethought.Andhemovedtowardsanotherbeautifultree.Theuglytree 9 awareofthatbymakinghimugly,Godhadactuallyhimgoodluck.Fromthatday 10 uglytreewasneverunhappy.Hewaspleasedwithhisbranches.Heneverforgothowhewasfreefromthewoodcutter'saxe.A.thousand

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one-thousand2.A.ofB.inC.fromD.about3.A.UnlessB.BecauseC.HoweverD.Whenever4.A.beautifulB.morebeautifulC.mostbeautifulD.themostbeautiful5.A.SomebodyB.AnybodyC.NobodyD.Everybody6.A.cutB.cutsC.havecutD.cutting7.A.usB.weC.ourD.ours8.A.noticeB.noticedC.noticesD.hasnoticed9.A.isB.wasC.areD.were10.A.aB.anC.theD./二、完形填空（共10分，共15） ThefirsttimeLuckheardtalkoftheIslandofInventions,hewasstillveryyoung.Thewassounbelievabletohim.Butafteryearsofstudy,hefinallgotquiteaclearideaofthe 1 .Itwasasecretplace,whereallthegreatwisemenoftheworldwouldmeettolearnandinventtogether.Tobeabletojointhatclub,youhadtohave 2 somegreatinventionsforhumanbeings.Andthenyoucouldreceiveaspecial 3 .Itwouldtellhowtogettotheisland.Luckspenttheyearsofhisyouthstudyingandinventing.Every 4 ideahegot,hemadeitintoaninvention.Later,hemetotheryoung 5 andtoldthemthesecretofinventorswouldalsodreamofmetinLuck'shouseandputinventionsbecameknownacrosstheworldimprovedeverypartoflife.Butevenafterallthat,noinvitationcame.Theydidnotloseheart.They6learningandinventingeveryday,tryingtocomeupwithmoreandbetterideas.Oneday,alongtimelater,Luck,alreadyvery 7 ,wasspeakingwithayoungmanwhohadwrittentohimtotrytojointhegroup.LucktoldtheyoungmanthegreatsecretofIslandofInventions,andofhowhewassurethatsomedaytheywouldreceiveaninvitation.Feeling 8 ,theyounginventorstoppedLuck,"What?meanlslandofsentmetherealinvitation?"And,asoldashewas,Lucklookedaroundhim,andrealizedthathis 9 hadbecometrueinhisveryownhouse.Herealizedthatnoislandwouldbe 10 thanwherehewasnow.LuckfelthappytoknowthathehadalwaysA.planA.soldA.talkbeenontheB.B.B.island.bookboughttrickC.C.C.housecreatedinventionD.D.D.islandreceivedinvitation4.A.newB.oldC.badD.young5.A.humansB.speakersC.receiversD.inventors6.A.forgotB.stoppedC.imaginedD.continued7.A.oldB.sadC.youngD.worried8.A.boredB.cheerfulC.confidentD.surprised9.A.dreamB.placeC.friendsD.inventions10.A.worseB.betterC.biggerD.smaller三、閱讀理解（共152分，共30） Alongtimeago,therelivedaverywiseKing.Hewassowisethatheknewthewaysalmosteverything.Oneday,atinybeelostherway,andflewintotheKing'sbeautifulpalace.ThebeggedtheKing,"Please,letmeIwillofferyouhelpsomeotherday."TheKingwasamused（）tothinkatinybeecouldonedayhelpapowerfullikehim.Heletthebeegoandsaid,"Go,beonyourway,forIneednothingmorefromyoutoday."Manydayslater,aqueenwascomingtovisitfromafar-awayland."Ihearyouarewise,"thequeensaidtotheking,"Wouldyoubeputintelligencetoatest?"TheKingagreedandthequeendidherbest,withpuzzles,quizzes,anddifficultquestions.Butthekingsolvedalltheproblemsperfectly.Onthelastdayofhervisit,thequeencameupwithanotherplan.Sheorderedtheworkerstoproduceninety-ninefakeflowers,butlookingsorealandnatural.Whenfinished,eventhequeencouldnottelltheywerefake.ShewassuretheKingwouldmakethesamemistake.AndfromtheKing'sgarden,shetookjustonerealflower,andcleverlyhiditamongalltheothers.Thequeenthenchallengedtheking,"Myworkerscreatedmanybeautifulflowers.Ninety-ninearefake,butoneisrealsomewhere.Canyoufindthatone?"TheKingacceptedthechallengeagain.Hesmelledtheflowers,buttheywereallsosweet,andallsobeautiful.Nowwhichonecouldtherealflowerbe?TheKingbecameabitnervous.Suddenly,heheardabuzzingsound.Somethingwasthereflyingaround.Itwasthetinylittlebeehesavedmanydaysbefore."Iamheretorepaythekindnessyougaveme,Sir."Thelittlebeequicklyflewovertheflowersandstoppedontherealone.TheKingpickedtheflowerandhandedittothequeen.Finally,thequeenhadtogiveupandtoldeveryonethekingwastrulythewisestmanintheworld.（1）Whywasthekingamusedbythebee?Thebeetoldhimafunnyjoke.Thebeewastestinghisintelligence.Hedidn'tbelievethebeecouldhelphim.Hedidn'trealizethekindnessofthebee.（2）Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"fakeflowers"inparagraph7referto?Sweetflowers.C.Naturalflowers.（3）Whofoundouttherealflowerat

Flowersmadebytheworkers.D.Flowersplantedintheking'sgarden.A.Theking. B.Thequeen. C.Thebee. D.Theworkers.（4）Inwhatorderdidthefollowinghappeninthestory?Thekinglaughedandletthebeego.Thebeeflewbacktotheking'sc.Theworkersmadelotsoffakeflowers.d.Thekinggavetherealflowertothequeen.e.Thequeenpickedaflowerfromthegarden.A.a,c,e,b,d B.b,a,c,e,d C.a,c,b,e,d D.b,c,e,a,d（5）Fromthestory,wecanlearnthat .thereisnowaytotestakingakingshouldbekindtohispeoplesometimesthelittlecanbeofgreatpowerweshouldalwaysbelieveanddependonothers TheMayannumbersystemappearedinthefourthcentury,whichwasabout1,000yearsearliethanthetimewhentheEuropeannumbersystemwascreated.ItisdiffereromtheArabicnumbersystemwithabase10.TheMayansystemhadabase20.ThissystemisbelievedtohavebeenusedbecausetheMayanslivedinsuchawarmareaandtherewashardlyaneedtowearshoes.20wasthetotalnumberoffingersandtoes,sothesystemworkable.Therefore,thereweretwoimportantnumbersinthissystem.Besides20,theimportantnumberis5,whichhadaconnectionwiththenumberoffingersandtoesononehandorfoot.TheMayansystemusedtwosymbols（標(biāo)志）Awasusedtomeantheunits（onetoforandadash（—）meantfive.TheMayanswerealsothefirsttocreateofnothin（orzer）.Themostcommonsymbolwasthatofashel（ ）buttherewereseveralothersymbose.g.ahea）.ItisinterestingtolearnthatwithallofthegreatexpertsonMathsandscientistsinancientGreeceandRome,itwastheMayanIndianswhocameupwiththissymbolzeroornothing.Picture1isaformofdifferentnumbersandhowtheywouldhavebeenwritten.Fromfurtherstudy,peoplefoundthatthe360daycalna歷）alsocamefromMayan.Theybase18whentheymadethecalendar.Eachmonthincluded20dayswith18monthsinayear.Thisleftfivedaysattheendoftheyearwhichwasmonthinitself,fullofdangerandbadluck.Inthisway,theMayanshadinventedthe365daycalendar.（1）WhendidtheMayanscreatetheirownnumbersystem?1,000yearsago.Inthe4thcentury.Aftertheinventionofcalendar.AftertheEuropeannumbersystemappeared.（2）Whatdoestheunderlined"It"inparagraph1referto?TheMayannumbersystem.C.TheArabicnumber

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B.anencyclopediaD.acomputermagazineNewHopeEducationalFoundationStudyTourofGreece19Novemberto10December2020NewHopeEducationalFoundationinviteduniversitystudentstohelpprmt進(jìn)）mutualunderstandingandfriendshipbetweenChinaandGreecebytakingpartinthe2020NewEducationalFound-ationStudyTourofGreece.The21-daystudytourwilltakeChineseuniversitystudentsthroughdifferentcitiesofGreece,providingchancestolearnaboutGreekculture,history&business,aswellastakeinanumberofpeople-topeopleexchanges.Allplanetickets,transport,mealsandaccommodationwillbepaidbytheNewHopeEducationalFoundation.Pastparticipat參加者）said:●Thistriphasbeenlife-changing.InowhavelifelongfriendsasaresultofmyexperienceoftheNewHopeEducationalFoundationstudytour.●Inowhavevaluablememoriesthatwillstaywithmefortherestofmylife.Ithasbeenatrulyamazingexperience.●Visitingthemuseums,parks,castlesandgardensalsobroughttheancienthistoryofGreeceandmanyoftheworld-famousworksofartinfrontofus.ThetimewespentwithdifferenkindsofGreekpeoplesuchastheteachersofcookeryschools,thejuniorhighschoolstudents,thehomestayfamiliesandourtourguides,wasmostinterestingpartofthetour.Formoreinformation,pleasesee:http://wow.newe/au/an/car/.html（1）Whatisthe

目的）ofthestudytour?Tomakemoney.TointroducethecultureofChina.ToencouragestudentstostudyGreek.TopromotethefriendshipbetweenChinaandGreece.A.10days.B.19days.C.21days.D.29A.10days.B.19days.C.21days.D.29days.）Whowilltakepartinthestudytour?（3A.StudentsfromCambridgeUniversity.B.StudentsfromGuangzhouUniversity.C.StudentsfromNewHopeMiddleSchool.D.StudentsfromBeijingNo.4MiddleSchool.（4）Duringthestudytour,studentswill .notstaywiththehostfamiliesstudyGreekatlanguageschoolsmeetdifferentkindsofGreekpeoplePayfortheplaneticketsandmealsofthetour（5）Whatcanstudentsgetfromthestudytour?A.Greatmemories. B.FriendsfromGreece.C.AchancetoworkinGreece. D.BothAandB.四、閱讀填空（共5小題，每小題1分，共5分） SiriisthenameofApple'spersonaliia的）helper. 1 AskSiriquestions,oraskSiritodothingsforyou,justlikeyouwouldaskarealhelper,andSiriwillhelpkeepconnected,informed,intherightplace,andontime.YoucanevenfuseSiritoentertexteverywherebyusingyourvoice.2 Itcanunderstandrelationships.Thanmeans,forexample,youcantellSiritocallyourwife'siPhone,andSiriwillknowwhothatisandwhichphonenumbertodial.Notonlythat,SiricansendiMessagesorsams,andeveryemailanyofyourfriends,family,orcd-workers.Nomatterhowyouliketocommunicate,Sirimakesiteasytokeepintouch.SirtinrighintoyouriPhoneoriPad'sbuilt-lockapp.Thatmeansyoucanhaveatimersetfor10minutessothecookiesdon'tburn,orfindoutwhatthehourisinAustraliabeforeyoucall. 3Siriisagreatusetohelpyoufindyourwayhome,helpyouarotundthebigcityandyouwhichwayyoushouldtaketoavoidtraffiomatterwhereyou'retravellio,Sircanworktogetherwiththebuilt-inMapsapp. 4 Ifyouneedwalkingdirections,Siricanbeawareofthird-partyapps,suchasGoggleMaps,thatyouhaveputinandlaunchthemforyou.Opening upSiriisanimportantchange intheway we interactwithourmachines. 5 Apple'sinaracewithAmazon,GoogleandMicrosofttomakemachinesunderstandeverythingwesay.Siricankeepyoucarefulandontime!It'svoicecontrolthattalksbacktoyou.Itcanhelpyougetwhereyouneedtogo.Siriisn'tjustanothervoicecontrolsystem.Siriwillonlybecomemoreimportantastimegoeson.五、單詞拼寫（共5小題，每小題1分，共5分）Thep ofthedictonaryis100yuan.Doctorsoftena peopletohavehealthyfood.Youhavetoworkhardifyouwantto